Letter: T-S NS 306.116

Letter T-S NS 306.116

Metadata

Shelfmark
T-S NS 306.116
Primary Language
Arabic

What's in the PGP

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Description

Letter or official report in Arabic script. The upper ~8 lines are preserved. Refers multiple times to a district (nāḥiya) called ىىىان (Baysān?) and refers from travel from that place to the district (nāḥiya) of Jālūt (= ʿAyn Jālūt?). Contains phrases such as "wa-naḥnu fī l-ṭarīq .... khamsa aw sitta [...] ʿaṣāhu min Banī Wāʾil fī l-darb al-sulṭānī" (the Sultan's Highway). The word قتلوا ("they killed / were killed") appears at the end of the bottom line. Might be about getting ambushed by rebels from the Banū Wāʾil tribe. Needs examination.

Related People

Mentioned
Banū Wāʾil

Related Places

Possibly mentioned
Baysān

Additional metadata

Provenance
Geniza
Collection
Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter
Input date
In PGP since 2019
Image
Transcription
Translation

T-S NS 306.116 1r

°
1r

T-S NS 306.116 1v

°
1v
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Cambridge University Library, Taylor-Schechter, T-S NS 306.116. Available online through the Princeton Geniza Project at https://geniza.princeton.edu/documents/25142/ (accessed October 13, 2026).